Bosie Bakery
“We bought lattes, a Napolitano (OMG), a Bostock and a Honeycomb Brioche.”
“Great coffee to boot and prices that remind me why I love Harlem so dearly.”
“Needless to say, their pastries and viennoiserie are delicious.”
Bosie Bakery
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Accepts Apple Pay: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Inexpensive
4 reviews
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Pros:
Excellent Viennoiserie.
Boisie is a shoebox of a cafe in which every surface area is used to display the wares.
The front counter has boxes of colorful macarons and chunky pistachio white chocolate cookies, chocolate chip, salted dark chocolate and oatmeal cookies.
The display case below showcases delicately detailed fruit tarts accented with candy blossoms, chocolate napoleons and eclairs. There are usually four or five types of sandwiches (curry chicken, ham and butter) and an assortment of bottled water and flavored soda.
The front window holds all sorts of golden brioche, chocolate, almond filled or raspberry filled croissants. Cheese Danish like God intended. Plain brioche. Honey brioche.
My favorite is this thing called a bostock. Basically a round disk of moist buttery aerated lightly sweetened brioche bread slathered in almond paste that is lightly browned. Honestly, I could eat that pseudo healthy looking almond toast every day untiI I die. But, then I would be 20 lbs heavier. Like I was after a year in France. Bottom line, these pastries are culinary gems with so much love. Boise brings dignity back to pastry.
I usually order a large iced soy latte and it pretty much changes my whole life every time. The coffee is pricey at $5.50 but if order a whole lot of pastries which range between $2 and $2.50 it offsets the price.
Plus, no where else in Harlem can I get an iced soy latte that good.
Bosie is a rare gem of a bakery in NY. It is not so much a place where you go to hang out. But, I'm hoping that as they become increasingly popular they will expand into a more hang out friendly venue. Until then I will keep enjoying their wares at home.
Cons:
The only cons are preferential. 1.) The almond croissant is a touch too sweet for my taste .
It doesn't need the old lady drizzle of cloudy glaze on top. Let it be a croissant and not a Danish. 2.) Use homemade or low sugar raspberry jam in the jam filled croissant. The jam on the raspberry croissant is more of a defamation than an accent.
Yummy pastries and a solid Americano. A first spot I've explored in El Barrio (-a new spot, I believe) and I love it. Friendly service too.
I actually think this place is more of a 3.5 based on my experience there, but I'll round up.
The coffee (just a drip coffee) was sour and bitter, even though I put tons of milk in it to try to fix the taste. The pastries look good but the cookie I had was hard and dry, as was the croissant. Maybe if I came earlier in the day?
They get stars because they offer some fun pastries if thats what you're in the mood for. I prefer things like croissants but if you want something more desert-like, they have some really interesting offerings – the Paris-Brest, macaroons in particular.
I might come back and try espresso, since it seems like that might be the thing to get?
Also, its super super small inside, so don't plan on chillin here.
I really enjoy coffee! And this is cute little coffee shop in the neighborhood. But, no matter how you look at it this is still Spanish Harlem, not SpaHa just yet, and this place is a bit $$. $4.50 for a large almond cappuccino. Granted their coffee is pretty sophisticated but I think the price is still about a $1.00 too much. The cappuccinos are very good. The service here has always been friendly, and the self serve coffee area is nice with different flavored syrups. When I truly need a cappuccino fix I drop in.
Happy Yelping 🙂